THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DOSES OF LIQUID VERMICOMPOST APPLICATION ON YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF SOME POTATO (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L.) VARIETIES

This is one of the early studies to produce healthy, yielding, and high-quality tubers from the potatoes grown in Bayburt, an organic agriculture basin, using liquid vermicompost that can supplement organic fertilizers. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of liquid vermicompost applications (0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 L ha-1), which can supplement the stable manure used as bottom fertilizer, on yield and yield components of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) varieties (Agria and Lady Olympia). The research was designed in random blocks with three replications. As a result of the study, it was found that the tuber yield was within the range of 20.24-30.40 tons’ ha-1, the protein ratio was within the range of 1.53-2.51%, and the starch ratio was within the range of 11.98%-15.99%. The liquid vermicompost doses applied to the potato varieties created significant differences in all three parameters. Due to the positive effect of the Agria (3.40 tons/da) variety on the yield and vegetative development of potatoes, It was concluded that 9 L liquid vermicompost application per decare would be beneficial.